Ma Yu, the general of the hussar battalion, stood on the top of the West Mountain with his sword, looking at the endless little fire in the encirclement of the Red Turban Army at the foot of the mountain, his heart was surging and his thoughts were thousands.

After capturing the Yumen Pass, Guan Yu ordered Yun Niang's department to stay and garrison, and he personally led the army to outflank the hussar camp.

After returning from defeat, Zhai Longbiao was ashamed when he saw Ruan Wu. Ruan Wu was shocked, comforted a little, and personally led the army to pursue the hussar camp, vowing to hate the fourth brother. The two Red Turban soldiers and horses finally surrounded the exhausted hussar camp at the foot of the western mountain.

Ma Yu was helpless, led the hussar battalion to fight and retreat, and retreated to the west mountain.

Seven days passed, and the hussar battalion stubbornly repelled several enemy onslaughts, but it was already running out of ammunition and food, and even drinking water became a problem.

After Guan Yu and Ruan Wu discussed, they stopped the strong attack with huge troop consumption, and only deployed heavy troops to surround Xishan in all directions, and waited unhurriedly for the hussar battalion to throw themselves into the net.

Back to the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Yu gathered all his subordinates and colonels.

Under the dim torch light, Ma Yu slowly glanced at these subordinates who had followed him for many years, most of them who could stand here had already been painted on their bodies, and many of them had disappeared from the team forever. Ma Yu's eyes were slightly red, he tried his best to hold back the sourness in his nose, licked his already chapped lips, and slowly spoke: "Generals, you have followed Ben Shuai to the north and south, and have been bloody for many years, just to ensure the stability of my Daqi and protect the peace of the people of the world!" Now...... Ben Shuai might as well say bluntly, we have reached the point of exhaustion, the brothers have suffered heavy casualties, and the army has no food and grass to sustain. The thieves under the mountain are camping for dozens of miles, staring at each other, and the handsome man has hatred in his heart, but he is afraid that he can only have the heart to kill the thief, and he has no power to return to the sky! ”。

As he spoke, Ma Yu stood up and walked out from behind the handsome case, with a solemn expression and a deep bow to everyone.

He slowly raised his tearful eyes and choked up: "We have been loyal to the country, and now is the time for you to consider returning home and doing your filial piety to your parents." Ben Shuai is determined to fight with the bandits, but he can't bear to drag you to your death. If you are willing to surrender to the bandits and ask for a way to live, go down the mountain, and the commander will never blame you! ”。

Hearing this, the generals knelt on the ground one after another, some of them bowed their heads and wept silently, and some of them gritted their teeth and clenched their fists with red eyes and said: "Dashuai, how can there ever be a bad breed in my hussar camp who is greedy for life and afraid of death?!" We are willing to follow the great commander and die generously together! ”。

Ma Yu finally couldn't help but burst into tears in front of the generals. He bent down slightly and raised his hand and said, "Get up!" You are all good sons of my Daqi, but it's a pity that ......." He choked up and couldn't go on.

After a while, Ma Yu straightened his waist, wiped away his tears, and said loudly with his phoenix eyes open: "The generals obey the order, straighten out all the soldiers and horses, abandon all the baggage, and leave all the seriously injured soldiers behind." Tomorrow afternoon, my hussar battalion, with the cavalry as the vanguard, will rush down the mountain with his commander and break through with all his might! ”。

Early the next morning, a Red Turban Army envoy climbed up the mountain road. After the hussar battalion defenders intercepted it, they informed Ma Yu. Ma Yu ordered someone to take it to the big tent of the Chinese army.

The envoy clasped his fists and saluted without humility or arrogance: "I have seen the hussars, horses, horses, and generals of the hussars. ”

Ma Yu lowered his head and frowned and sneered: "What? Have you thief commanders sent you to humiliate me? ”。

The messenger replied in a loud voice: "The general's words are wrong! General Guan of my family has always admired Marshal Ma's way of commanding troops, and also admired the soldiers of the hussar battalion for their courage and tenacity. General Guan of my family has no other meaning, and specially ordered the small ones to come and send several jars of wine to show respect! ”。

Ma Yu raised his head strangely, squinted his phoenix eyes and asked, "Just to send a few jars of wine, nothing else?" ”。

The envoy smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Before coming, Marshal Guan of my family specially told the small ones, just to send a few jars of wine to show respect, and to persuade the hussar camp to surrender is a great disrespect to you." It's just that my marshal also said that if you are willing to lay down your arms, he will order the army to get out of the way, and he doesn't want to kill them all! ”。

Ma Yu laughed and got up, waved his hand, and said, "Go and bring the jars of wine you sent." ”

Several hussar battalion soldiers held the wine jars and put them on the table in front of Ma Yu, Ma Yu reached out and grabbed a jar of wine, opened it and poured it into the wine bowl.

A hussar battalion general hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his hand and whispered: "Great commander, the thieves are treacherous, beware of poisonous ...... in the wine."

Ma Yu waved his hand heroically and said loudly: "Don't worry! Even if it is a few jars of poisonous wine, I will accept all of Ma's orders! ”。

As he spoke, he did not hesitate to take the bowl and drink it in a big gulp in front of the messenger.

Ma Yu put down the empty wine bowl, his peeled lips were no longer dry, he raised his hand to wipe a handful of wine drops from the corner of his mouth, and said unsatisfactorily: "Good wine, good wine!" ”。

Several subordinates stared at his face without blinking, and when they saw that he was breathing evenly and his face was as usual, they put a heart hanging in his throat back into his stomach.

Ma Yu looked up at the envoy of the thief army, and said with a faint smile: "When you go back to your general, you will say that his heart is received by Ma Mou, and the mountain is poor, and there is no thanks, so I have to kill a few more bandit heads on the battlefield as a reward." In addition, there is no difference between laying down your arms and kneeling and surrendering, my hussar battalion soldiers are iron-clad, and they would rather die standing than live on their knees, let him die of that heart as soon as possible! ”。

The envoy of the Red Turban Army smiled slightly, not angry, as if everything was expected by him, bowed with his fists, and left.

After listening to the envoy's detailed report, Guan Yu sighed lightly, turned his face to Zhang Baiqian, Du Zhongnian, Yao Taihe and other generals and instructed: "Since Ma Yu dares to accept my gift, he will try to break through tonight at the earliest, and prepare in advance to deal with all aspects." ”

The afternoon sun shone down from the sky, and with the sound of the trumpets and cannons like the thunder of the clear sky in the summer, and the sound of the whimpering horns of the attack was like a cry, the hussar battalion launched a final counterattack.

The soldiers of the hussar battalion, who roared down the hillside, were surprised to see that the red turban bandits at the foot of the mountain had already been waiting for the battle, and the silver, neat shield in front of the formation reflected a dazzling light in the sunlight.

The soldiers of the hussar battalion gritted their teeth and continued to rush forward, still some distance away from the army of bandits, and the team in front of the hussar battalion did not see any movement from the other side, but they had already begun to turn over on their backs.

In the days of besieging the hussar camp, Guan Yu did not dare to delay for a day, and had already ordered people to dig countless traps and stumble ropes on the way down the mountain overnight. At the moment, these preparations have had the desired effect.

Seeing that the speed of the hussar battalion's cavalry charge involuntarily slowed down at the same time, the artillery at the tail of the red turban army let out a terrifying roar almost at the same time, and in the midst of the flames, some of the hussar battalion soldiers who rushed in front flew into the air with their horses.

Riding on a horse, General Ma Yu, who was almost thrown off his horse by a heat wave, shouted with his sword: "Don't stop, rush over!" If you delay here for a moment, you can only be killed by shells in vain! ”。

The hussar battalion soldiers finally crossed the pit filled with the corpses of their comrades, and continued to rush forward with a desperate shout. This time they were greeted by a rain of arrows that flew in the sky like locusts and with a sharp whistling sound, and many of them fell from their horses without saying a word, and stopped breathing forever.

The cavalry horses of the hussar battalion rushing to the front were faced with the silver shields superimposed like city walls, and many of the horses could not stand the dazzling reflection of the big shield in the sun, and they turned around and ran away, and behind the big shield, a group of sinister crossbows caught up with them with a strong killing intent, and where the blood splashed, even the people and horses shot to the ground.

Ma Yu's eyes turned into a pair of terrifying red eyes due to the rapid congestion, and he yelled and commanded the soldiers to blindfold the war horses and continue to charge. Finally, the red turban bandits' shield formation cracked, and the cavalry stepped over dozens of shields before pouring out, and the knights of the hussar battalion on the horse waved their weapons frantically to attack the shield-wielding foot soldiers.

With the sound of the earth-shaking horses' hooves, the cavalry of the Red Turban Army was outflanked on the left, center, and right, and the commanders of the three roads were Zhang Baiqian, Du Zhongnian, and Yao Taihe.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, Guan Yu suddenly lifted the reins of the horse, and at the moment when the "Black Panther" flipped his hooves and flashed his palms, he shouted at Cui Dakui: "You take the Chinese army brothers to kill later, and Ben Shuai will go up first to have a good time!" ”。 Without waiting for Cui Dakui to react, General Guan, who was holding a big black iron gun, and the "black panther" under his crotch jumped out like a bolt of lightning.

Cui Dakui, who was stunned, shouted angrily to the guards who were also stunned by Guan Yu: "What are you still doing in a daze? Want to die?! Don't hurry up and catch up to protect the handsome! ”。 The knights of the guard then whipped their horses and chased after them with all their might.

Ma Yu almost frantically waved the blood-stained sword, as if it was getting heavier and heavier, slashing and slashing the bandits in front of him, and the lieutenants beside him fell down one after another, and he didn't seem to be aware of it.

The sun in the sky was gradually setting in the west, and the noise on the battlefield finally gradually subsided, and finally calm returned.

While cleaning the battlefield, Guan Yu finally met Ma Yu, the legendary commander of the hussar battalion, in front of a low earthen hill.

I saw that his back was leaning against the earthen hill, his body was full of arrows of different lengths, his face was dried and coagulated black blood, his body did not fall, and he was still holding a sword in his hand, his phoenix eyes were wide open, and his mouth was slightly open, but he was already lifeless.

General Guan carefully looked at the opponent who had died, sighed lightly for no reason, and even felt a sense of loss.

A lieutenant came to Guan Yu with a horse, hugged his fists and saluted: "Dashuai, a large number of seriously injured hussar battalions have been found on the top of the west mountain, and I have come to ask Dashuai what to do?" ”。

Guan Yu raised his head and glanced in the direction of Xishan, sighed heavily, and said slowly: "Send a few more Lang Zhong in the army to take a look, if there are still those who are saved, send them down, after they recover from their injuries, they will stay in our army, and those who are not willing to stay will be sent to them, let them go home!" ”。

At dusk, the remnant sun painted a faint yellowing on the scorching earth, and the thick smell of blood in the air gradually drifted away with a soft evening breeze.